XX Behaving Like Y
The swipe file

Teardowns

The method applied in full, one industry at a time. Some are businesses already behaving this way, taken apart to show how. The rest are mine, and nobody is doing them yet.

Built and shippedNYDG Foundation — ColorFull

A dermatology clinicA global beauty brand's purpose platform

A dermatology clinic behaving like Dove

Where Dove has the Self Esteem Project, NYDG has ColorFull. Not a campaign with a cause attached — a twelve-month platform a clinic could own.

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My idea

RestaurantArt gallery

A restaurant behaving like an art gallery

Dishes arrive, get eaten, and vanish. Galleries treat the same act of making as something with provenance, scarcity and a name attached.

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Found in the wildTallow+Ash

Laundry detergentSalon haircare

A laundry detergent behaving like salon haircare

Detergent sells on chemistry and price. Haircare sells on ritual, fragrance and the idea that the good stuff is worth paying for.

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My idea

GymMusic festival

A gym behaving like a music festival

Gyms sell access to equipment and then wonder why January's members are gone by March. Festivals sell an event people plan their year around.

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